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Bristol

What the city spends to run itself and where the money comes from.

Operating budget, FY26

Salaries, services and running costs for a year (July 2025 to June 2026), as adopted.

Operating budget
$243M

+$14M (+5.9%) on FY25

Paid for by property tax
77%

of $243M in revenue

Mill rate
33.75

dollars of property tax per $1,000 of assessed value; 31.85 in FY25

Where the money comes from

  • Property tax$187M 77%
  • State of Connecticut$44M 18%
  • Everything else$11M 5%
  • Federal government$153K 0%

Where it goes

  • Education$137M +6.2%
  • Everything else$90M +4.1%
  • Debt service$14M +7.8%
  • Contingency$2.0M +100.0%

Change on FY25.

All 4 parts
LineFY26Change
Education$137M+6.2%
Everything else$90M+4.1%
Debt service$14M+7.8%
Contingency$2.0M+100.0%

From the Office of Policy and Management’s summary of adopted municipal budgets, as the town reports its adopted budget to the state; checked daily.